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A state-of-the-art monitoring system designed to track passport applications, printing Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Mohsin Naqvi praised the Green Shirts for their spirited performance throughout the series. Photo: AFP ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi visited the Directorate General of Immigration and Passports on Monday, where he formally inaugurated the Secure Hybrid Intelligence for Knowledge-Based Response […]

ISLAMABAD: The Parliamentary panel has proposed that each MNA be allowed to nominate ten people for Hajj every year. It has also proposed to send a ten-member delegation to Madinah on an official visit every year to offer greetings at the Holy Prophet’s (PBUH) Mosque. A meeting of the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Religious

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Home Affairs will today (Tuesday) consider the Narcotic Drugs Control (Amendment) Bill, 2025, a key piece of legislation aimed at tackling drug use in educational institutions by further amending the Narcotic Drugs Control Act, 1997. Introduced by PPP MNA Sahar Kamran, the proposed legislation aims to prevent drug

Parliamentary panel backs ban, questions why civil servants enjoy privileges denied to elected officials ISLAMABAD: A proposal to end dual citizenship for members of the bureaucracy gained momentum on Monday after a parliamentary panel voted to abolish the practice, with lawmakers also calling for the restriction to be extended to include judges. During a meeting

ISLAMABAD: Major opposition parties, including the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), are preparing protests on February 8 to mark the second anniversary of general elections, but a united opposition front appears elusive as key parties announced separate agitation plans on Monday. Tehreek-e-Tahafuz-e-Ayeen Pakistan (TTAP), a major opposition alliance in which the PTI is a major stakeholder, held

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has delayed a final decision on participation in next month’s men’s ICC T20 World Cup in India, keeping open the possibility of a partial or symbolic boycott after Bangladesh’s withdrawal over security concerns sparked a growing diplomatic and sporting fallout. The PCB delayed the call by up to a

Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Sohail Afridi has said that persistent delays in federal transfers are pushing the province towards a severe financial crisis, particularly affecting development in the newly merged districts – the former Federally Administered Tribal Areas (ex-Fata). The chief minister has written a letter to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressing serious concern over

Lawyer Jibran Nasir criticizes Sindh government, says containers placed to block protest Police blocked roads outside KPC in protest against conviction of Imaan Mazari and Hadi Ali Chattha. Photo: Twitter All roads leading to the Karachi Press Club (KPC) were blocked on Monday as traffic in the city center came to a standstill following a

South DIG instructs the team to use all available resources to identify, apprehend those responsible for the incident Rescue workers search through the debris using excavators after a massive fire at a mall in Karachi. Photo: AFP The Karachi Police on Monday constituted a five-member special investigation team to probe the Gul Plaza tragedy and